Winning $700K Lotto Ticket Sold In Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, IL — A winning Lotto ticket worth $700,000 was purchased recently in Montgomery, according to the Illinois Lottery. Officials are seeking the winner to come forward and claim the prize.

The winning Lucky Day Lotto ticket was purchased at the Cricle K at 596 Montgomery Rd. The ticket matched all five numbers — 03, 07, 23, 33, 34 — in the Oct. 17 evening drawing to win the $700,000 jackpot.

Illinois Lottery urges the winner to sign the back of the winning ticket and keep it in a safe place until they visit on of the Lottery's five prize centers, with locations in Chicago, Des Plaines, Rockford, Springfield and Fairview Heights. Winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prize.

"Lucky Lotto" drawings are held twice a day, seven days a week. The Oct. 17 evening drawing handed out $769,600, with nearly all of it going to the ticket purchased in Montgomery, according to the lottery.

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